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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.
virtual team
time and material contract (T&M)
claim
start to finish (SF)
2. Output from performing project management processes and activities. results include outcomes and documents.
logical relationship
influence diagram (Tool)
regulation
result
3. Category or rank used to distinguish items that have the same functional use but do not share the same requirements for quality
grade
project management process group
late finish date (LF)
earned value (EV)
4. Schedule activity that follows a predecessor activity as determined by their logical relationship
successor activity
parametric estimating (Technique)
precedence relationship
BCWP
5. The process of completing each project procurement
close procurements (Process)
monitor
budget at completion (BAC)
percent complete
6. Area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and described in terms of its component processes - practices - inputs - outputs - tools and techniques
request for quotation (RFQ)
project management office (PMO)
acquire project team (Process)
project management knowledge area
7. Narrative description of products - services or results
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
rolling wave planning (Technique)
statement of work (SOW)
develop human resource plan (Process)
8. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities
forward pass
successor activity
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
9. Narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints and a description of work that provides a documented basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developing a co
project scope statement (Output/Input)
acceptance criteria
decomposition (Technique)
co-location (Technique)
10. A method of estimating a component of work. the work is decomposed into more detail. an estimate is prepared of what is needed to meet the requirements of each of the lower - more detailed pieces of work - and these estimates are then aggregated into
bottom-up estimating (Technique)
finish to start (FS)
estimate (Output/Input)
calendar unit
11. Information gathering technique examines the project from the perspective of each projects strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - and threats to increase the breadth of the risks considered by risk management
statement of work (SOW)
risk acceptance (Technique)
schedule network analysis (Technique)
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
12. Logical grouping of project management inputs - tools and techniques and outputs. includes initiating processes - planning processes - executing processes - monitoring and controlling processes and closing processes. NOT project phases
project management process group
code of accounts (Tool)
claim
performance reports (Output/Input)
13. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence
fast tracking (Technique)
close procurements (Process)
monitor and control project work (Process)
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
14. Documenting the actions necessary to define - prepare - integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans
develop project management plan (Process)
project team directory
close project or phase (Process)
threshold
15. Skilled human resources - equipment - services - supplies - commodities - material - budgets or funds
path convergence
resource
project
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
16. Project schedule network diagram drawn in such a way that the position and length of the schedule activity represents its duration. bar chart that includes schedule network logic
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
practice
regulation
17. Analytical technique that uses three cost or duration estimates to represent optimistic - most likely and pessimistic scenarios.
three point estimate (Technique)
to complete performance index (TCPI)
resource
triggers
18. Identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and product and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance
resource breakdown structure
plan quality (Process)
approved change request (Output/Input)
role
19. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity
co-location (Technique)
backward pass
program management
activity code
20. Adding features and functionality (project scope) without addressing the effects on time - costs - and resources or without customer approval
close procurements (Process)
scope creep
authority
project management office (PMO)
21. Processes concerned with conducting risk management planning - identification - analysis - responses and monitoring and control on a project
template
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
work breakdown structure dictionary
performance measurement baseline
22. Technique that computes or iterates the project cost or project schedule many times using input values selected at random from probability distributions of possible costs or durations - to calculate a distribution of total project costs or completion
fast tracking (Technique)
program management
Monte Carlo analysis
forward pass
23. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities
hammock activity
grade
schedule network analysis (Technique)
invitation for bid (IFB)
24. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration
assumptions
risk register (Output/Input)
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
project
25. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component
project charter (Output/Input)
defect repair
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
earned value (EV)
26. Number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component
project management office (PMO)
root cause analysis (Technique)
project schedule (Output/Input)
effort
27. Bar chart showing the amount of time that a resource is scheduled to work over a series of time periods.
lessons learned knowledge base
resource histogram
initiating processes (Process Group)
start to finish (SF)
28. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders
validation
planning package
claim
change control
29. Processes that organize and manage the project team
project human resource management (Knowledge Area)
secondary risk
progressive elaboration (Technique)
start date
30. A formally constituted group of stakeholders responsible for reviewing - evaluating - approving - delaying or rejecting changes to a project - with all the decisions and recommendations being recorded
activity
change control board (CCB)
rework
tool
31. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.
projectized organization
estimate (Output/Input)
special cause
project schedule (Output/Input)
32. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
project manager
executing processes (Process Group)
authority
33. Estimating the type and quantities of material - people - equipment or supplies required to perform the activity
BCWP
risk mitigation (Technique)
define activities (Process)
estimate activity resources (Process)
34. Point in time that work was scheduled to finish on a schedule activity. called planned finish date
conduct procurements (Process)
project initiation
change control system (Tool)
scheduled finish date (SF)
35. List of project team members - their project roles and communication information
project team directory
sensitivity analysis
authority
bottom-up estimating (Technique)
36. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all project management process groups to formally close the project or phase
closing processes (Process Group)
resource breakdown structure
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
37. Type of procurement document whereby the buyer requests a potential seller to provide various pieces of information related to a product or service or seller capability
project management body of knowledge
project management
lead (Technique)
request for information (RFI)
38. Change to project scope. almost always requires an adjustment to the project cost or schedule
scope change
human resource plan
calendar unit
input (Process) input
39. The degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements
quality
deliverable (Output/Input)
identify stakeholders (Process)
project time management (Knowledge Area)
40. The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity
schedule baseline
approved change request (Output/Input)
activity duration
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
41. Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken
project life cycle
program
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
lag (Technique)
42. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.
sensitivity analysis
project human resource management (Knowledge Area)
distribute information (Process)
sub network
43. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity maybe completed based upon schedule network logic - the completion date and any constraints assigned to the schedule activities without violating a schedule constraint or delaying the project
risk
project management office (PMO)
late finish date (LF)
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
44. Defined systematic procedure employed by a human resource to perform an activity to produce a product or result or deliver a service that may employ one or more tools
technique
assumptions analysis (Technique)
earned value (EV)
node
45. A formal approved document that defines how the project is executed - monitored - and controlled.
resource breakdown structure
resource calendar
functional manager
project management plan (Output/Input)
46. Aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline
determine budget (Process)
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
Monte Carlo simulation
identify stakeholders (Process)
47. Any form of schedule network analysis in which scheduling decisions are driven by resource constraints
resource leveling (Technique)
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
rework
residual risk
48. Implementing risk response plans - tracking identified risks - monitoring residual risks - identifying new risks and evaluating risk process throughout the project
estimate (Output/Input)
scheduled finish date (SF)
monitor and control risks (Process)
secondary risk
49. A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description - activity identifier - and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed
activity
activity list (Output/Input)
input (Process) input
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
50. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value
variance
execute
hammock activity
parametric estimating (Technique)